Fiona Anderson
Lecturer
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Fiona Anderson is a Veterinary Science graduate (Melbourne University, 1998) and have worked in Victoria and Western Australia in mixed dairy and equine veterinary practices before joining the team at Murdoch University in 2007.She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, specialising in Large Animal Internal Medicine and a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Equine Medicine). She has completed her PhD at Murdoch University investigating lamb carcass composition, eating quality and human health traits and continue to research in these areas plus the well being of sheep and stress in beef cattle.
Research Interest
Impact of selection for growth, leanness and muscling within the sheep industry and the impact of this selection on eating quality and human health traits
Publications
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Anderson, F., Pannier, L., Pethick, D., Gardner, G., (2015), Intramuscular fat in lamb muscle and the impact of selection for improved carcass lean meat yield, Animal, 9, 6, pages 1081 - 1090.
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Anderson, F., Pethick, D., Gardner, G., (2016), The impact of genetics on retail meat value in Australian lamb, Meat Science, 117, , pages 147 - 157.
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Anderson, F., Williams, A., Pannier, L., Pethick, D., Gardner, G., (2016), Sire carcass breeding values affect body composition in lambs - 2. Effects on fat and bone weight and their distribution within the carcass as measured by computed tomography, Meat Science, 16, , pages 243 - 252.
